Got to see the bill. My problem is that if you add a restriction, you should get something in return. I suggested previously (and to buddies at the NRA) that if this does happen - the bill should not be passed unless it adds to gun rights.

For example, let NICS be the law of the land and no state can have checks or waiting periods on top of NICS. Let no state ban guns, mags, clips, phasers, etc. - federal law will determine such. That would wipe out NY, CT and CO horrors.

But just to give in on this - it will be seen as a good but small, first step. Having a NICS on private sales at shows but wiping out the state laws would be fun - now wouldn't it - Chuck, Mike and Diane?

That summary still has some jaw droppers in it.
Fixing the vagueness of the interstate travel protections? From the summary, it sounds like you could go from Florida to Maine, and stop for the night IN NEW YORK, get a hotel room, and still be protected- when we weren't even sure you could stop for gas or food.

I have feared from the beginning that this is something that has a good chance of passing simply because most people are so uninformed about the current process. They seem to understand banning certain types of guns and for the most part opposed those actions. However, they just do not understand how much regulation currently exist and how much of a burden this will be on law abiding citizens with little impact on crime.

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"The bill explicitly bans the federal government from creating a national firearms registry, and imposes serious criminal penalties (a felony with up to 15 years in prison) on any personwho misuses or illegally retains firearms records."

So if a private sale is made, you can't keep a record of who you sold it to?

Reid already has the votes to override the filibuster of the motion to proceed. Corker, McCain, Flake, Chambliss, Coburn, Ayotte, and two or three more I can't remember have already indicated they want debate to go forward (which is a great strategy for the Republican party if you don't mind using the Second Amendment as the staked down goat for your tiger hunt).

That is it in a nutshell. We have senators on both sides playing their political games of intrigue and goat polo using the 2A as the goat.

And to think MCain was the R presidential candidate!! He has been obsessed with back door gun registration for years. That's all this UBC is and for any senator to pretend any compromise does not lead to it is disingenuous.

A bipartisan group of senators has struck a deal to expand gun background checks to all commercial sales — whether at gun shows, via the Internet or in any circumstance involving paid advertising, according to Senate aides familiar with the talks.

The amendment to the guns legislation already proposed in the Senate would not cover private transactions between individuals, unless there was advertising or an online service involved.

The New York Daily News has an interesting story on what was in play during the negotiations, but left out in the final deal.

Toomey admits he has absolutely no idea if there’s any other Republican who supports this.

This leads me to believe Toomey's about to find out how far off the reservation he is.

Now, what we've got so far is just a series of suggestions. S. 649 is still just the draconian Fix Gun Checks Act, with some addendi on school safety and trafficking.

The weird thing about Toomey's suggestions is that they seem to be over-reaching reactions to Schumer's. For example, telling NICS to place a higher priority on checks from gun shows than from licensed dealers. Furthermore, I'm not sure how the law would distinguish between family members and other buyers at the point of sale.

This whole thing is still a mess, and I think Toomey's just casting about while trying to appease his base.

It really looks like they're trying to throw us a few bones with national reciprocity and out-of-state sales. Of course, those things can easily be taken away later, leaving the most restrictive provisions in place.

(How are guys like Schumer expected to vote for nationwide CCW, just to get a really watered-down version of what they originally wanted?)

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Oh he may be off the reservation, but in the other direction. And not in a way that the control advocates can point to as unreasonable in the same way as the ACLU did with the "criminal justice traps" in the Schumer version.

edit: Interested in the text of

- Encourage states to provide all their available records to NICS by restricting federal funds to states who do not comply.

Could be nice if it's mean enough to be effective.

Also wonder about the strategy on this one. Offer it up as an amendment toget rid of Schumer's part of 649, or risk letting 649 pass, so that if it doesn't, the people jumping overboard when it fails have this as a life raft.

Over the last two days I have seen something I guess I didn't spot before. Along with talking about requiring checks for sales at gun shows I see a reference to checks on internet sales.

I have bought two handguns through GunBroker, both were from FFLs, and both were received by the same local FFL for my pick up. In both cases I had to do a background check with this local FFL.

My question is "under what conditions is it possible to purchase a firearm and not be required to go through a background check?" (With the exception of those who are exempted because the have a CCW or something like that).

My question is "under what conditions is it possible to purchase a firearm and not be required to go through a background check?"

What are internet sales that do not require background checks under the current law? Go to the Classifieds section of this forum (internet advertising), find a gun offered in your home state, PM the seller to arrange a deal (using the internet to conclude the purchase agreement), meet the seller face to face and exchange money for the gun.

What are internet sales that do not require background checks under the current law? Go to the Classifieds section of this forum (internet advertising), find a gun offered in your home state, PM the seller to arrange a deal (using the internet to conclude the purchase agreement), meet the seller face to face and exchange money for the gun.

Negative, this is not an internet sale, this is a private sale face to face. The only thing that happened across the internet was advertising and arranging the meeting for the purpose of conducting a private sale.

Schumer negotiated several changes to the initial Manchin-Toomey proposal, including striking language from the agreement allowing concealed permit holders to carry their weapons in other states, and limiting Internet sales to five guns per year. He also worked to make sure there is a 72-hour window for performing background checks except for gun-show sales, which will be cleared in 48 hours initially.

How are they going to know how many Internet sales you did in any given year if they aren't keeping records on that? The story goes on to say that Toomey's amendment is supported by Schumer, Biden, Bloomberg and opposed by the NRA. That seems like quite a rogues' gallery in support of this bill.

If you haven't called your Senators yet to discuss these concerns, now might be a good time. They could be voting on this bill we still haven't seen as early as tomorrow.

Go to the Classifieds section of this forum (internet advertising), find a gun offered in your home state, PM the seller to arrange a deal (using the internet to conclude the purchase agreement), meet the seller face to face and exchange money for the gun.

But that describes a private sale of private property. Same is true for the so called gun show loop hole, there is no such thing. However people do sell guns at gun shows as private sales.

The background check deal made several tweaks to the prior Democratic proposal, namely by striking a provision requiring states to recognize concealed carry permits from other states, and eliminating another measure exempting sellers who sell five guns per year or fewer from the background check requirement.

Which is very different from what B. Roberts posted.

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Schumer negotiated several changes to the initial Manchin-Toomey proposal, including striking language from the agreement allowing concealed permit holders to carry their weapons in other states, and limiting Internet sales to five guns per year. He also worked to make sure there is a 72-hour window for performing background checks except for gun-show sales, which will be cleared in 48 hours initially.

Besides allowing for sloppy reporting, I do not understand the disparity of these reports.

If you had bought directly from a private seller in your state, Federal law would not come into play, and a check would only be necessary if your state required it.

MLeake, so you are saying that I can buy a gun online from a private seller in my state, who advertises however he advertises, pay for it via Paypal or say a check in the mail. He can send me the gun via FEDEX maybe, and I don't need an FFL for this?

If this is the case, and this is what they want to regulate. Then this is a State Issue and the Federal Government needs to back off.

Bad guys will just break into homes and steal guns. Kill cops for theirs

That argument is correct, misleading, and not in our best interests. Aside from more of the Bad guys break the laws anyway, why do anything rhetoric it spawns, Crime Guns usually start out legal. Extending the NICS check to private sales via FFL AND extending protection to the seller who uses the FFL NICS check from lawsuits is a good thing. We get the protection, and the peace of mind. We also get a dwindling of the supply of crime guns as Bob can't buy one from Bill, then funnel it into street sales. Arrests of criminals with guns will slowly dwindle the supply as they're only replaced with the stolen guns.

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Besides allowing for sloppy reporting, I do not understand the disparity of these reports.

The 24 hour news cycle, and a press conference less than 24 hours ago counts for the disparity.

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